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Principle Of Inheritance And Variation DPP-05

1. A family of five daughters only is expecting 8. In a plant, red fruit (R) is dominant over
sixth child. The chance of its beings a son is yellow fruit (r) and tallness (T) is dominant
(A) Zero (B) 25% over shortness (t). If a plant with RRTt
(C) 50% (D) 100% genotype is crossed with a plant that is rrtt,
(A) 25% will be tall with red fruit
2. A correct dihybrid condition is- (B) 50% will be tall with red fruit
(A) tr Rr (B) Tr rr (C) 75% will be tall with red fruit
(C) tt rr (D) Tr Rr (D) All of the offspring will tall with red fruit

3. In a cross between AaBb x aabb, the ratio of 9. In order to find out the different types
f2 genotypes between AaBb, aaBb, Aabb, gametes produced by a pea plant having the
and aaBb would be genotype AaBb , it should be crossed to a
(A) 9:3:3:1 (B) 2:1:1:2 plantwith the genotype
(C) 1:1:1:1 (D) 7:5:3:1 (A) aaBB (B) AaBb
(C) AABB (D) aabb
4. A cross between pure tall pea plant with
green pods and dwarf pea plant with yellow 10. How many different kind of gametes will be
pods will produce ...........number of dwarf produced by a plnt having the genotype
plants in F2 out of 16 AABbCC?
(A) 9 (B) 3 (A) Three (B) Four
(C) 4 (D) 1 (C) Nine (D) Two

5. In dihybrid cross between AABB x aabb, In 11. In Mendal;s experiments with garden pea,
f2 generation progeny with genotype AABB, round seed shape (RR) was dominant over
AABb, Aabb and AaBb occurs In the ratio wrinkled seeds (rr), yellow cotyledon (YY)
of-: was dominant over green cotyledon (yy),
(A) 1:1:1:1 (B) 9:3:3:1 what are the expected phenotypes in the f2
(C) 1:2:2:1 (D) 1:2:2:4 generation of the cross RRYY x rryy?
(A) only round seeds with green cotyledons
6. Hybridization between Tt x tt gives rise to the (B) only wrinkled seeds with yellow
progeny of ratio-: cotyledons
(A) 1:1 (B) 1:2:1 (C) only wrinkled seeds with green
(C) 1:2 (D) 4:1 cotyledons
(D) round seed with yellow cotyledons and
7. In a given plant, red colour (R) of fruit is wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyledons
dominant over white fruit (r): and tallness (T)
is dominant over dwarfness (t). If a plant with 12. In pea plants yellow seed are dominant to
genotype RRTt is crossed with a plant of green. If a heterozygous yellow seeded plant
genotype rrtt, what will be the percentage of is crossed with a green seeded plant, what
tall plants with red fruits in the next ratio of yellow and green seeded plants would
generation ? you expect in F1 generation ?
(A) 100% (B) 25% (A) 50:50 (B) 9:1
(C) 50% (D) 75% (C) 1:3 (D) 3:1
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13. The offspring of AAbbxaaBB is crossed with 20. Dihybrid cross is made between RRYY
aabb The genotypic ratio of progeny will be (wrinkled yellow seed) and yyrr (wrinkled
(A) 9:3:3:1 (B) 1:2:1 green seed) of pea F2 ratio amongst round
(C) 1:1:1:1 (D) 4:1 yellow , round green , wrinkled yellow, and
wrinkled would be
(A) 9:3:3:1 (B) 15:1:0:0
14. Selfing of hybrid yellow round seeded pea
plants , the phenotypes of next generation (C) 9:3:4:0 (D) 4:4:4:4
would be
(A) 15:1 (B) 9:7 21. How many types of gametes are formed by
(C) 12:3:1 (D) 9:3:3:1 pea plants having YYRRtt genotype
(A) 2 (B) 4
15. Number of genotypes produced when (C) 8 (D) 1
individuals of genotype ‘YyRrTt’ are crossed
with each other- 22. Heterozygous tall (Tt) is crossed with
(A) 4 (B) 45 homozygous tall (TT) . percentage of
(C) 28 (D) 27 heterozygous tall in the progeny would be
(A) 25% (B) 50%
16. Mendal’s law of segregation is applicable to (C) 75% (D) 100%
(A) Dihybrid cross only
(B) Both dihybrid and monohybrid crosses 23. Eight gamete types formed by AaBbCc
(C) Monohybrid cross only individual/heterozygous for how many gene
loci is
(D) Dihybrid but not monohybrid cross
(A) 2 (B) 4
(C) 3 (D) 16
17. Tall plants with round seeds (TTRR) is
crossed with dwarf plants having wrinkled
seed (ttrr) F1 plants are tall with rounded 24. How many types of gamets will be produced
seeds than types of gemetes produced by F1 by individuals of AABbcc genotypes if two
would be genes A and B are linked
(A) One (B) Two (A) Two (B) Four
(C) Three (D) Four (C) Six (D) Two

18. A plants of genotypes AABbCC is selfed . 25. AaBbCc genotype form 4 type of different
Phenotypic ratio of f2 generation would be gamete this means –
(A) 1:1 (B) 9:3:3:1 (A) two genes are linked
(C) 3:1 (D) (B) all three linked
27:9:9:9:3:3:3:1 (C) always form 8 gamets
(D) no linkage occur
19. Alleles are
(A) Alternete forms of a gene 26. A brown eyed couple has a blue eyed child ,
(B)Pairs of sex chorosomes the trait of brown eye (B) is dominant over
blue eye (b) , what is genotype of the couple
(C)homologous chromosomes
(A) Bb x Bb (B) BB x BB
(D)none of the above
(C) BB x Bb (D) BB x bb

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27. Dihybrid cross is related to 32. Cross between AAbbCC and aaBBcc made,
(A) Principal of dominance the number of progeny with AaBbCc
(B) Principal of independent assortment genotype in F2 generation are
(C) Pricipal of segregation (A) 16 (B) 2
(D) Both (B) and (C) possible (C) 4 (D) 8

28. AaBbCc genotype individual show linkage 33. Year in which mendel’s work get published-
for A,B,C allele and no crossing over occur (A) 1865 (B) 1869
than type of gamete formed is- (C) 1859 (D) 1856
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 8 34. Which is incorrect about mendelian factor’s-
(A) Occur in pair
29. Across between pure tall pea plant with green (B) Unit of inheritance
pods and dwarf pea plant with yellow pods (C) Segregate during gamete formation
will produce short f 2 plants out of 16 (D) Show blending
(A) 9 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 1 35. Which of the following in non-heritable
(A) Point mutation
30. Cross AABbxaaBb yield AaBB : AaBb : (B) Chromososmal mutation
Aabb : aabb offspring in the ratio of (C) Gene mutation
(A) 0:3:1:1 (B) 1:2:1:0 (D) Somatic mutation
(C) 1:1:1:1 (D) 1:2:1:1

31. Any progeny which is heterozygous at two

gene loci crossed same genotype will give
number of progeny similar to parental type
genotype is –
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 6

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ANSWERS
1. (C) 13. (C) 25. (A)
2. (C) 14. (D) 26. (A)
3. (C) 15. (D) 27. (B)
4. (C) 16. (B) 28. (B)
5. (D) 17. (D) 29. (C)
6. (A) 18. (C) 30. (B)
7. (C) 19. (A) 31. (C)
8. (B) 20. (A) 32. (D)
9. (D) 21. (D) 33. (A)
10. (D) 22. (B) 34. (D)
11. (D) 23. (C) 35. (D)
12. (A) 24. (A)

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